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Artist...: Fauna
Album....: Avifauna
Genre....: Black Metal
Label....: Pesanta Urfolk
Source...: Vinyl
Size.....: 130,70 MB
Playtime.: 75:45 min
Type.....: Album
` Release..: Jun-21-2013
Encoder..: LAME V3.98.4 -V0
` Quality..: avgkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
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| X | 01. Part I 17:38 | X |
| X | 02. Part II 15:50 | X |
| X | 03. Part III 22:31 | X |
| X | 04. Part IV 19:46 | X |
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`: There aare no Tracknames given on the:'
`: Vinyl. The CD (and the Bandcamp :'
`: Version) has a different cut, so :'
`: it's impossible to use the CD :'
`: Tracknames. So we decieded not to :'
`: use Tracknames on this release. :'
`: The Band consideres this Album as :'
`: one ritual anyway. :'
`: :'
`: BUY this masterpiece at: :'
`: http://pesanta.bigcartel.com/ :'
`: http://fauna.bandcamp.com/album/avif :'
`: auna :'
`: :'
`: Fauna is arguably the most :'
`: intriguing act to emerge out of the :'
`: budding Cascadian black metal :'
`: movement. The group is ôpagan black :'
`: metalö in the purest sense of the :'
`: term. Each Fauna album takes a :'
`: simple naturalistic theme and :'
`: explores it both literally and :'
`: symbolically. The debut, Rain, :'
`: explores the process of spiritual :'
`: cleansing through a storm of riffs :'
`: that wash over the listener like a :'
`: parade of blackened clouds. The :'
`: sophomore release, The Hunt offers a :'
`: blend of chilly black metal, dark :'
`: ambient and animalistic screams that :'
`: summon images of a late-night hunt :'
`: in a wild forest. Both albums are :'
`: ambitious, consisting of a single :'
`: song that lasts over an hour. :'
`: :'
`: FaunaÆs third album, Avifauna, sees :'
`: the band providing more dynamic and :'
`: varied sounds. Instead of creating a :'
`: single monolithic composition, :'
`: Avifauna consists of three songs, :'
`: ranging from seventeen to thirty :'
`: minutes, plus two brief ambient :'
`: interludes. Close to half of :'
`: Avifauna is depressive neofolk in :'
`: the vein of UlverÆs Kveldssanger and :'
`: EmpyriumÆs Weiland. Like a bird :'
`: resting watchfully in its nest, :'
`: Fauna slowly explore soft, solemn :'
`: melodies on acoustic guitar and :'
`: strings before suddenly soaring into :'
`: glorious passages of epic, :'
`: melancholic black metal. The album :'
`: ebbs between these two dimensions :'
`: with grace and coherence, resulting :'
`: in dramatic compositions that pull :'
`: the listener through a spectrum of :'
`: emotions. :'
`: :'
`: The most powerful composition is :'
`: ôSoaring into the Earth,ö which :'
`: begins with two minutes of birdsongs :'
`: before entering an extensive passage :'
`: of sorrowful, longing folk. When :'
`: distortion and screams finally :'
`: arrive, it feels like a long awaited :'
`: catharsis. The riffs are mostly dark :'
`: and haunting, but like rays of sun :'
`: creeping between dense clouds, there :'
`: are brief passages of sheer beauty. :'
`: When the black metal fades some ten :'
`: minutes later, the composition :'
`: enters a series of creepy acoustic :'
`: progressions accompanied by :'
`: intermittent, muted distortion and :'
`: jittery, primitive bass-drum. The :'
`: melodies crawl up your spine like an :'
`: ineffable muscle-memory. All the :'
`: tension ignites in a slow, :'
`: smoldering passage of black metal :'
`: that loops until achieving total :'
`: exhaustion. :'
`: :'
`: Avifauna sees Fauna integrating a :'
`: number of new elements into its :'
`: sound. Acoustic bass and cello are :'
`: prevalent throughout the acoustic :'
`: passages, but also offer a few :'
`: impressive solos during the black :'
`: metal sections. There is also the :'
`: presence of low, hollow clean :'
`: vocals, similar to those found on :'
`: Empyrium records, which accentuate :'
`: the melancholic spirit of the :'
`: record. A cameo by a female vocalist :'
`: on the final three minutes of :'
`: ôSyrinxö resultÆs in the albumÆs :'
`: most exquisite moment. Wordless :'
`: wails of female and male vocals :'
`: harmonize, actualizing the songÆs :'
`: final plea for the ôwomb of molten :'
`: lightö to ôgestate my ascent to :'
`: black stars.ö :'
`: :'
`: FaunaÆs one major flaw remains the :'
`: extreme vocals. They are direct, :'
`: urban shouts, closer to what one :'
`: would expect from a hardcore band. A :'
`: more feral screech in the spirit of :'
`: early Burzum would better suit :'
`: FaunaÆs music. Otherwise, there :'
`: isnÆt a lot to critique about :'
`: Avifauna. The final track, ôThe :'
`: Harpyö isnÆt quite as powerful as :'
`: the first two compositions but is :'
`: nonetheless strong. More generally, :'
`: there are a few riffs that are :'
`: derivative of early Drudkh but :'
`: ultimately, these are minor flaws in :'
`: an otherwise beautiful and inspiring :'
`: record. Considering the length of :'
`: the songs and complexity of the :'
`: song-structures, this is certainly :'
`: not an easy record to break into (it :'
`: will take at least four or five :'
`: listens before you will recognize :'
`: the architecture of the :'
`: compositions), but for those who :'
`: appreciate naturalistic black metal :'
`: it will be well worth the effort. :'
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